STORRS — UConn football coach Paul Pasqualoni is optimistic his team will be fully healthy for Saturday's game against Cincinnati at Rentschler Field. That will only happen if quarterback Chandler Whitmer can count to 10 correctly.

Whitmer took a hit to the head in Saturday's stunning triple-overtime victory at Louisville and left the game in the fourth quarter. Pasqualoni declined to specify Whitmer's injury Sunday, but a source said Whitmer has a concussion. It is not believed to be a serious concussion, though the extent of it likely won't be known for a couple of days.

Whitmer did not participate in Sunday's light walk-through, nor did defensive end Trevardo Williams, who sustained an apparent right ankle injury. The Huskies are off today.

"(Whitmer) will have two days and then we'll see how he is," Pasqualoni said. "I'm optimistic. We've got a few bumps and bruises there is not anyone, as of (Sunday) morning, that I would say is out of this game. At this point, I'm optimistic we'll have a chance to have our whole team play this game."

If Whitmer is unable to play, Johnny McEntee is likely to get the start. McEntee took over for Whitmer and threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Shakim Phillips in the second overtime.

With the upset of Louisville, UConn's second victory over a ranked team and first on the road, the Huskies are one win away from bowl eligibility. If the Huskies beat Cincinnati, they are likely headed to the postseason against all odds.

The Huskies followed the same basic script they have followed for much of the season. The offense had its struggles, though Lyle McCombs ran for a season-best 133 yards, and the defense turned in another outstanding performance.

Of course, the game turned defensively when Blidi Wreh-Wilson came up with his first interception of the season to start the third overtime. That set up Chad Christen's game-winning 30-yard field goal that gave the Huskies their first back-to-back victories in Pasqualoni's two seasons.

All of a sudden, the Huskies have given themselves a chance to extend the season past Saturday. That seemed an impossibility just a couple of weeks ago after the Huskies went through all of October without getting a win.

"The Louisville game demonstrates that the kids in the program are playing the game hard, playing with a lot of passion, giving the kind of effort that you hope a team would give," Pasqualoni said. "They're trying very hard to stay within the game plan and do the right things.

"What the Louisville game did for us is make (the Cincinnati) game the most meaningful game we've played."

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